A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 87 kilometers (54 miles) from Uyugan in Philippines. The temblor was detected at 11:11:06 / 11:11 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 15/06/17 / 2017-06-15 03:11:06 / June 15, 2017 @ 3:11 am. All ids that are associated to the event: us20009mk9. Unique identifier: us20009mk9. Exact location of event, depth 179.92 km, 122.5281° East, 19.794° North. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 179.92 km (112 miles).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Basco (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 93 km (58 miles) from Basco (c. 7 300 pop). Nearby country/countries, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 87 km SE of Uyugan, Philippines.
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